Fish Central
Seafood restaurant · St Luke's
149-155 Central St, King Square, London EC1V 8AP, United Kingdom
Highlights
Fresh fish & chips served in a bright, old-school dining room
Fresh fish & chips served in a bright, old-school dining room
"London’s chippies tend to traverse the line between family favourite and just fine, but Fish Central offers a bit of everything. It’s an old-school fish restaurant in Clerkenwell that can do both takeaway or silver cutlery, depending on your mood. The three-course fish supper features just the right amount of marie rose sauce, a paddle-sized piece of fried cod or haddock with chips, and a pudding best chosen with custard." - jake missing
"Open since 1968, Fish Central is one of London’s crème de la crème fish and chip experiences. The Clerkenwell mainstay will butter your bread in more ways than one (namely, for the triangles that come with your prawn cocktail), and a meal here feels like a reassuring return back to simpler times. Turkish-run, with a takeaway shop and separate bakery next door, Fish Central prides itself on good produce and familial service. A portion of cod or haddock and chips is pleasing, not spectacular, but made all the better by the locals that surround you and the thought of crumble and custard for dessert." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak, daisy meager
"We have a lot of time for Fish Central—an old-school seafood restaurant with great chips. Drop by whenever you’re in Clerkenwell and you’re guaranteed fat, floury, and filling chips—whether drenched with vinegar in a bag for the road, or next to some matzo meal-fried fish on a plate that’s been made to look Sylvanian-sized." - jake missing, sinead cranna
"Delivery Status: Collection and local delivery from Clerkenwell. Fish. School of fish. Schools. Remember those terrible months when they didn’t go to school? Remember when you were 22 and only ate chicken nuggets of drunken choice rather than necessity? Stop sadly picking things off their plate and go for a big order from Fish Central instead. As well as the kid-friendly classics like cod and chips, this place is also delivering oysters, seafood spaghetti, and scotch salmon. And yes, you do deserve to order a bottle of champagne to go with those oysters." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"Majestic isn’t a word we use often. In fact, we’re not really meant to use words like majestic. But Fish Central - an old school, white tablecloth fish restaurant that lives on the grounds of a council estate - is bloody majestic. There are blasts from the past, and then there is a man playing Let’s Dance on the keyboard as you eat a prawn cocktail. Admittedly the music is in the evening (and it’s a good walk from Farringdon) but this is still a great place to head to for an old school fish supper (or in this case lunch) for not a lot. Open for lunch Friday & Saturday only." - oliver feldman, jo harris cooksley, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
